LOT 3055
Numismatic Books - Barthelemy - Nouveau Manuel Complet de Numismatique 1916 A.D.
J.B.A.A. Barthelemy - Nouveau Manuel Complet de Numismatique du Moyen Age et Moderne - Manuels Roret, Paris, 1916 - gold block lettering to spine, leather binding with marbled endpapers, 464 pp, French text; cover detached, usage wear, complete. 5 7/8 x 4 in. (303 grams, 15 x 10 cm). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Kent, UK, collector.
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LOT 3055
Numismatic Books - Barthelemy - Nouveau Manuel Complet de Numismatique
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Numismatic Books - Thorburn - A Guide to the Coins of Great Britain & Ireland 1840 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
A second edition of this fascinating numismatic work on the coins of Great Britain and Ireland, illustrated with facsimiles; detailing the history of British coins from the earliest period until the late nineteenth century; written by Colonel W. Stewart Thorburn, a second edition, illustrated with facsimiles of the coins in gold and silver, as well as a frontispiece of the author, with twenty-nine plates, with twelve pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. 452 grams, 20.2 x 14 cm
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Numismatic Books - Evans - The Coins of The Ancient Britons and Supplement 1864-1890 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
John Evans - The Coins of the Ancient Britons, London, 1864; with The Coins of the Ancient Britons Supplement, London, 1890 - hardback, matching contemporary red morocco, neatly re-backed with spines relaid, gold titling - 424 pp, 17 plates and 180 pp, 23 plates; with a loosely inserted postcard from John Evans to The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, dated 1900; copied extract from Ancient British Coins, (Rudd, 2010, p.3) with outline of Evans's achievements; Ex libris Harry Manville (1929-2015), with an earlier auction extract; acquired Douglas Saville, ex libris Chris Rudd, with bookplate to each; supplement with back cover detached. 2.02 kg total, 24 x 16 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
John Evans, later Sir John (1823-1908) was the father of Sir Arthur John Evans (1851-1941), the archaeologist most famous for his work at Knossos, Crete; John studied and produced works on the subjects of Stone Age and Bronze Age implements as well as for Celtic coins; all of his works were pioneering but are still of great value today; his bookplate (copy of which is present) illustrates his major interests. -
Numismatic Books - Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, Plates I-L, LI-CXX & CXXI-CXXX 1907-1911 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland, Plates I-L, LI-CXX & CXXI-CXXX - Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1911 - hardback. cloth cover with leather spine, gold titling - (1) 75 pp, 50 plates, (2) 70 plates, (3) 42 plates. 13.9 kg total, 41.7 x 30.5 cm each
Property of a Kent, UK, collector.
